Technology for art’s sake
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What happens when you give a reference librarian an iPhone and tell her to do something exciting? If you’re Liv Valmestad, a librarian in the University of Manitoba’s architecture and fine arts library, you...
Retail worker blues
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I don’t get mad very often. Sure I get frustrated, discouraged and annoyed . . . but mad is one of those special emotions that I reserve for a very select group of people....
The Manitoban gets motivational
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Considering this is the editorial page, I am about to make a bold statement: Stop complaining about things and start acting.
That’s right. Stop posting rants on your Facebook wall, stop tweeting your gripes...
In Desolation
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You can always tell which books on my shelf are my favorites; they have been read so many times that the spine is creased, the pages dog-eared and they refuse to stay closed unless...
Fight or flight in the biology lab
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Exam anxiety has been a hot topic here at the U of M recently. I myself have experienced exam anxiety, although it had nothing to do with a medical condition and everything to do...
There’s a USB port in that wall!
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*A shadowy figure walks down a dark alley. As they look over their shoulder, ensuring they are alone, a netbook is removed from a pocket, unfolded and plugged into a wall.
Within moments a...
You’ll thank me later
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Dear Mr. Mayor,
First let me congratulate you on winning a third term in office as Winnipeg’s mayor. You overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles, such as a city heaving under the weight of violent crime (a...
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